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## Background
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In this tutorial, you will get an introduction of IPFS Desktop, the graphical interface that you can use to interact with the files, folders, IPNS, pinning services, and more.
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![The IPFS Desktop](desktop1.png)
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## Prerequisites
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In this tutorial, you will need to have installed (or updated) IPFS Desktop
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* [Install IPFS Desktop](https://docs.ipfs.tech/install/ipfs-desktop/)
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* Kill any other nodes you may have started in the CLI with `killall ipfs`
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* Start IPFS Desktop on your computers
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* Start IPFS Desktop on your computer
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### Video: IPFS Desktop Walkthrough
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## Video: IPFS Desktop Walkthrough
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{{< youtube bHJGMPJcu_U >}}
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## Instructions
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Explore the best workflows and capabilities with IPFS Desktop
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#### Install IPFS Desktop
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### Install IPFS Desktop
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If you haven't already, follow the [comprehensive tutorial at at docs.ipfs.tech on installing IPFS Desktop](https://docs.ipfs.tech/install/ipfs-desktop/) onto your computer
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#### The Status Page
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### The Status Page
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The status is the top screen in the menu for IPFS desktop where you can see the basic information about your IPFS node.
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* Check to see what your PeerID is
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#### The Files Page
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### The Files Page
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On this page, you can see all files and directories that are pinned to your ipfs node, either from uploading, or those that are pinned from peers on IPFS.
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* Try out the **+ Import** button to add a file or folder from your local (computer's) storage
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![Share an IPFS File](desktop3.png)
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#### The Explore Page
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### The Explore Page
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With this page, you can select an IPFS file or directory, and explore how this files is broken down into UnixFS files.
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* Take a look at the CID, and the multihash
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* Pick a file, and check out its size, and the number of links to that file
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![Explore and IPFS File](desktop4.png)
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#### The Peers Page
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### The Peers Page
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The peers are the nodes in the IPFS network that you are connected to directly for sharing content. On the peers page:
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* Identify how many peers you are connected to
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* Notice the location, the types of connections you have.
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![Get your address](desktop6.png)
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#### The Settings Page
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### The Settings Page
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There are several useful tools under the settings page of IPFS desktop. Here, you can change the _Gateway_ you use. A _Gateway_ allows you to access IPFS content-addressed content using the typical HTTP addressing that web2 applications use. With a gateway, you can access content on IPFS from your web browser.
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There are many gateways available to use, and you can choose a new one.
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You are now using a different gateway to access the same IPFS public network! All of the same pinned data is available, you are just entering IPFS from a different entry point.
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#### Publishing to IPNS with IPFS Desktop
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### Publishing to IPNS with IPFS Desktop
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With IPFS, when you publish a new piece of content, it has a new CID, meaning the data is immutable. This is great when you want to identify a certain piece of data, and make sure you know what you are accessing. There is, however, a use case for mutable data, such as a website.
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You want to give people one address where they can access, say, a website, but want to be able to make updates to it, such as adding an event page, or updating a typo. This is where IPNS comes in.
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Now, if you were to upload a modified file with the same name to IPFS desktop, you friend could access the new, fresh, updated version of that image with the same IPNS address.
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#### Using Pinning Services with IPFS Desktop
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### Using Pinning Services with IPFS Desktop
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When you add files and folders to IPFS, typically they are only available for retrieval from others when your own node is up and running, unless someone else just happens to pin your file on their node from the network.
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Pinning services provide the service of pinning and maintaining the availability of files on IPFS for you, even when your own node isn't running.

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